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5.Dd June 22, 1997
6.Dt IPFW 4
7.Os
8.Sh NAME
9.Nm ipfw
10.Nd IP packet filter and traffic accounting
11.Sh DESCRIPTION
12.Nm Ipfw
13is a system facility which allows filtering,
14redirecting, and other operations on IP packets travelling through
15system interfaces.
16.Pp
17The user interface for
18.Nm
19is implemented by the
20.Xr ipfw 8
21program.
22.Sh KERNEL OPTIONS
23The following options in the kernel configuration file are related to
24.Nm
25operation:
26Options in the kernel configuration file:
27.Bl -tag -width ".Cd options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT"
28.It Cd options IPFIREWALL
29enable
30.Nm
31.It Cd options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
32enable firewall logging
33.It Cd options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT
34limit firewall logging
35.It Cd options IPDIVERT
36enable
37.Xr divert 4
38sockets
39.El
40.Sh SEE ALSO
41.Xr setsockopt 2 ,
42.Xr divert 4 ,
43.Xr ip 4 ,
44.Xr ipfw 8 ,
45.Xr sysctl 8 ,
46.Xr syslogd 8
47